所有在地震和余震中房屋遭受严重损失的房产拥有者，政府将予以土地，房产政府服务费用的折扣，但是一定要向政府递交申请，请大家到政府的网站下载表格申请。 Earthquake rates reliefChristchurch City Council has agreed a rates relief package for property owners worst affected by the September 4 earthquake and aftershocks.
The Council used Earthquake Commission (EQC) assessments for residential properties and Council building inspectors’ assessment of commercial buildings to determine the policy.
Discounts are set at a level that reflects what the owners would normally have paid for the Council services, such as water, wastewater, and waste collection, provided direct to their properties.
The new policy is aimed at those most adversely affected, particularly those required to vacate their homes during EQC or insurance-related rebuilding and land remediation. Please note: Residential relief and some commercial rebates are only available on application. See application forms below. Residential
The residential package is to remit:
40% of rates for residential properties on land requiring remediation by the EQC, from 1 September 2010 until rebuilding has been completed or six months after land remediation has been completed if building has not commenced – whichever is earlier;
40% of rates for residential properties requiring demolition and rebuild by insurance companies, for the period which the house is unable to be occupied;
40% of rates for three months to those properties that remained unable to connect to the reticulated wastewater network at 31 October 2010;
30% of rates for business properties classified by Council as R1 (significant damage repairs strengthening possible) and R2 (severe damage demolition likely) from 1 September 2010 until the property is either rebuilt, strengthened and reoccupied, or revalued to reflect condition;
30% of rates for business properties classified by Council as R3 (unsafe due to adjacent property) for three months from 1 September 2010;
30% of rates remission for business properties immediately adjacent to R3 properties where the occupant business has been significantly adversely affected by cordons for three months from 1 September 2010.
